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Green Mountain Chapter Annual Banquet

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Please join us for our annual banquet. It’s a chance to connect with fellow conservation enthusiasts and possibly win a variety of hunting, fishing and outdoor-themed items and prizes. The funds generated are channeled into safeguarding our forest wildlife and strengthening our local chapter’s impact. Your involvement truly makes a difference.

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Habitat Work Day – Plymsbury WMA – Vermont

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Come join members from Vermont’s hunting and conservation community for a morning of releasing apple trees to improve wildlife habitat. We need help girdling, cutting and piling competing vegetation.

Meet at the parking area near 555 Old Plymouth Rd. (approx. 0.5 miles off of Old CCC Rd.) Dress appropriately for working in the woods. If you have cutting tools (chainsaws, bow saws, etc.) please feel free to bring them. Sawyers are required to use PPE. To register, please call/text Matt DiBona at 302-943-3239 or email MDiBona@nwtf.net

Lunch provided!

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Green Mountain Chapter Annual Conservation Banquet

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Join us at the Green Mountain Chapter banquet on Saturday, March 16! Enjoy a great meal and camaraderie at our banquet, featuring auction items, games, raffles, firearms, and prizes geared toward hunting, fishing, and the outdoors.

Proceeds go toward conservation of forest wildlife and support for the local chapter.

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Building an Adaptive Management Framework for the Green Mountain National Forest Early Successional Habitat Creation Project (Vermont)

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Primary Funder: University of Vermont Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)  Funding Amount: $25,000, RGS match, $12,500 Project Title: Building an Adaptive Management Framework for the Green Mountain National Forest Early Successional Habitat Creation Project Location: Green Mountain National Forest, Manchester District, Southern Vermont Innovation:GMNF initiated an early successional habitat creation project in 2020 covering 15,000 acres of timber harvest treatments implemented over 15-years to increase the acreage of regenerating age class (0 to 9 years old) forest. The main objective is to improve habitat for neotropical migrant birds and other early successional-dependent wildlife species. The decision-making tool developed through this project addresses this gap...

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New York and Vermont Working Lands for Wildlife Foresters

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 Primary Funder: Indiana University of PA  Funding Amount: $365,316.78 Project Title: New York and Vermont Working Lands for Wildlife Foresters Location: St. Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, Clinton, Franklin Counties New York and Franklin, Chittenden, Addison and Rutland Counties Vermont.  Innovation: Work with NRCS field offices in NY, VT, NC, RGS & AWS staff, as well as local partners such as, VT Agency of Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife Department, USFWS, NGOs (American Bird Conservancy) consulting foresters, and others to: Promote forest management that benefits healthy forests and the Golden-Winged Warbler to private landowners and consulting foresters; including the potential to help organize and conduct outreach and...

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New York and Vermont Working Lands for Wildlife Foresters

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Primary Funder: US Forest Service  Funding Amount: $5,000 Project Title: New York and Vermont Working Lands for Wildlife Foresters Location: Finger Lakes National Forest, Hector Ranger District, Schuyler County New York.   Innovation: The Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests have worked with The Ruffed Grouse Society in a variety of ways over the years and plan to continue to do so in the foreseeable future. With the completion of this agreement, the U.S. Forest Service will be able to transfer funding to The Ruffed Grouse Society to complete habitat related work to move towards the desired future conditions of the Green Mountain and...

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